Leclerc shouldn’t be set in F2 ways because he is still a rookie there; though clearly anyone who comes from F2 to F1 has a lot of learning to do, so the danger is indeed there for anyone doing that route.

Perhaps tangentially, I wonder what would happen if there was a requirement that every 5 complete years (or every 5 years of accumalated races), drivers had to do one year of some other FIA-approved motor sport, […]

Restricting who can be in F1 on longevity only works if there’s a better series for them to go to afterwards. I doubt F1 would ever accept that, short of humanity colonising other worlds and an inter-planetary […]

It makes sense – the probability that there’ll be a vacancy in the next 18 months is close to 100%, Kubica is aiming to be first on the list and in Renault’s eyes, their next driver was always going to be Kubica […]

Leclerc deliberately isn’t doing any FPs this season, as he preferred to focus on winning the F2 title rather than keep switching back and forth between series on the same weekend (as he did in 2016 when combining […]

The debris came off a car and would logically also be moving at great speed. However, since debris and car will usually be travelling in different directions, angles and/or speeds, it should be a progressively […]

Tracks vary too much for that to work, unfortunately. It takes 4 compounds just to have enough variety to cover all the circuits, and it could be argued that there’s space for the “hard” compound to be turned into […]

@vjanik Some people (including me) are disputing the notion that the Halo is the best option (in fact, my version of the argument isn’t really addressed here, as my hypothesis heading into this video is that no […]

Actually I enjoy being on this website and discussing F1 between the races or during the seasonal breaks. This is a good time to reflect on different issues and do careful analysis; the race weeks are often more about first impressions and emotional reactions.

This is completely unnecessary and will only further enrage those fans, who loathe the halo. It is good that the FIA / F1 have been doing some explanatory work but they should also admit that this device does not look perfect, that aesthetics do matter in F1 and promise that they will keep trying to find alternative solutions. Other opinions…[Read more]

Well, it is not di Grassi’s fault that Buemi skipped one of the season’s events so I believe that his maths is pretty much irrelevant here. But I also think that winning a championship where one of the title contenders skips races to participate in another championship would not mean much to me. This is not really about di Grassi or Buemi, the…[Read more]

Well, F1 is about relationships as much as it is about money and being quick / smart. Fernando Alonso should be driving a Mercedes but he is not. Mark Webber’s behaviour at the start of the 2012 Brazilian Grand […]

In case you are wondering, I haven’t responded directly to the video because it’s taken me 2 hours to reach 6:07 in it. I’ll post my reaction to the video itself when I’ve finished watching it (at this rate […]